Current Business intelligence & Data Visualization market has lots of tools and have done some case study to compare their features especially for Data visualization tools feature comparison for QlikView, Tableau and SAP BI Dashboard (Xcelsius). Each tools has its own specialism and you can choose any tools which fits for your requirement.

Data Visualization – Features Comparison

Area

Feature

QlikView

Tableau

Xcelsius

Data Access

Local data files (text, spreadsheet etc.)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Relational databases (SQLServer, Oracle etc.)

Yes

Yes

No

OLAP cubes (MSAS, Essbase etc.)

No

Yes

No

Online data sources

Yes

Limited

No

Multi-source access

Yes

Yes

Yes

Multi-table access

Yes

Yes

Limited

Extracted data storage

Proprietary

Optional (proprietary)

Limited

Maximum capacity

Billions of rows

Unlimited

Limited

In-memory engine

Desktop or Server

Desktop or Server

Desktop or Server

Development approach

Data access model

Scripting (with wizards)

Menu-based

Menu-based

Extract, Transform, Load features

Scripting

No

No

Calculations

Scripting

IDE

IDE

Data aggregation control

Yes

Yes

Yes

Table calculations

Yes

Yes

No

Data subsetting

Yes

Yes

Yes

Applications built by

Developer

Analyst

Developer

User Interface design

Drag-and-drop

Yes

Partial

No

Free-form filter placement

Yes

Limited

Limited

Standard visualizations (table, bar, line, plot, crosstab)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Advanced visualizations

Dial, sparkline, radar

Bullet

Statistical analysis

Medium

Medium

No

Embed images and text

Yes

Yes

Yes

Geographic mapping

Limited

Yes

Yes

Embed web browser

Yes

Yes

No

Usage

Ad hoc analysis

Limited

Yes

Limited

Custom applications

Yes

Limited

No

Recurrent reporting

Yes

Yes

No

Dashboards

Yes

Yes

Yes

Operation

Run from desktop

Yes

Yes

Yes

Automated desktop build from server

Yes

Yes

Yes

Run from server

Yes

Yes

Yes

User/Group security

Yes

Yes

Yes

Automated publish to users

Yes

Yes

Yes

Automated publish to static format (PDF etc.)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Publish to Flash

No

No

Yes

Platform apps

iPhone/iPad, Android

iPhone/iPad

No

Zero-footprint browser version

Yes

Yes

Yes

All three tools are available for free trail to get your POC work and then you can decide which tool fits for your requirement.